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Where the action is …: … in this edition, St Luke's Anglicare, Bendigo, Victoria: Sexual offending adolescents: A challenge for out-of-home care services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Liz March
Liz March*
Affiliation:
Adolescent Community Placement Program, Intake and Assessment Services, St Luke’s Anglicare, Bendigo, Email: [email protected]
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An issue of some concern that has emerged in the field of youth welfare in recent years is that of treatment services for young people who are sexually abusive and unable to reside with their families, or other family settings. This issue has been of such concern to staff at St Luke's Anglicare in Central Victoria that a project of review, both of the need for therapeutic intervention and of contemporary practices, was undertaken in the last twelve months. This short paper summarises the specific findings of staff who worked on this practice oriented project and makes recommendations for future practice with the client group.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , 2004 , pp. 30 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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